[Rhodes22-list] For John Lock's Eyes

[John Lock]

At 04:56 PM 4/8/2007 -0700, john Belanger wrote:
>some pics  john, please.

OK... see attached.

Photo #1 is the cabin top from the inside.  On the right is a post 
that is acting as a compression post directly under the mast.  Just 
to the left of that you can see where the VHF antenna lead comes 
in.  6 inches more to the left you see the wires in question.  Closer 
inspection revealed some screws holes that have been filled in a 
square pattern around the wires.  So I'm guessing there used to be a 
dome light there.  I need to put a meter on it to confirm.

Photo #2 is the exterior cabin top.  You can see that the two forward 
ports have been glassed over and there is only a single small 
hatch.  The cut-outs for the ports are still visible inside, so it 
shouldn't be too difficult to use some creative hackery to saw the 
openings out again and install some new ports.  Stan recommends fixed 
ports, but I'm inclined to think opening ports.  Any opinions?

I don't think it will be practical to rebuild the cabin top to accept 
the two large opening ports (as newer models are equipped).  But then 
again, I don't know much about how that's constructed so maybe I'm 
just chicken.

But it looks like a pair of dorade boxes on either side of the hatch 
might be helpful.  Maybe even a couple of solar powered fans to help 
things along during the day?

Cheers!

John Lock
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s/v Pandion - '79 Rhodes 22
Lake Sinclair, GA
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